#513F8A#513F8A

#513F8A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 42.6% C 0.120 H 291.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#513F8A
RGB	rgb(81, 63, 138)
HSL	hsl(254, 37%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(254, 54%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.3%, 54.3%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.12, 26.70, -39.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.12, 47.55, 304.16°)
OKLab	oklab(42.58% 0.044 -0.1116)
OKLCH	oklch(42.58% 0.12 291.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.7570, 7.1390, 24.9037)
Luminance	0.0714 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#513F8A #788A3F

analogous

#3F538A #513F8A #773F8A

triadic

#513F8A #8A513F #3F8A51

tetradic

#513F8A #8A3F53 #788A3F #3F8A77

square

#513F8A #8A3F53 #788A3F #3F8A77

split-complementary

#513F8A #8A773F #538A3F

monochromatic

#201936 #382C60 #513F8A #6B55B1 #907FC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.65

#513F8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.43

#513F8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #513F8A

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##513F8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##513F8A	1.00	8.65	2.43	8.65
#FFFFFF	8.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1E4D8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#214A88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#424F5E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #513f8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 63, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.6% 0.120 291.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8574ad',
    500: '#513f8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #513f8a;
$custom-light: #8574ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#513f8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 63,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.4,
    "s": 37.313,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42582,
    "c": 0.12001,
    "h": 291.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07139
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#513F8A

secondary

#A1AF76

accent

#CD5BB2

background

#F8F7FA

surface

#F0EDF4

border

#CBC8CE

text

#0B0810

muted

#7C7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #513F8A

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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